Displaying 1 To 11 Of 11 Comments Bad Behavior In The WordPress Community Unfortunately, this happens in a lot of different niche and communities. Open Source and anime are one of the worst I have seen in the past decade, and I am in both. And have been on the same end as Kevin John in the anime community… even to where my son and I were approached in my front lawn on my home. We cannot control other people, but it certainly is a disappointment to see people react like that just because of someone’s choice. It is not the first time someone in the WordPress community has had an incident like this. I have written articles about flamers and harassers in the past on my site, and my heart goes out to Kevin John. You do what you have to, but know that the people in the WordPress community do not support such despicable behavior. I agree with you that the nicer people outweigh the jerks. I meet so many people at the WordCamps that are great. In this incident… just people with nothing better to do. » Posted By Nile On January 23, 2012 @ 11:51 AM Plugin Created By A 10 Year Old My son has one more year to beat that….lol. He just turned 9 last month. It is amazing what people can do with WordPress. That is a handy plugin… not something I would use, but for others, it might be really useful. :) » Posted By Nile On January 2, 2012 @ 6:41 PM Automattic Makes Second Investment – WPEngine @Andrea_R – I had to laugh because you so nailed it Andrea » Posted By Nile On November 16, 2011 @ 7:50 PM Chip Bennett Hits 1,000 Theme Reviews Congrats Chip… I heard it on Twitter first, but gotta say it here too. » Posted By Nile On October 19, 2011 @ 8:26 PM Some Not Happy With Flyout Menus Wasn’t this a feature in the Fluency Admin plugin? I hated that feature and that is why I never used that plugin. I know there are plenty of people who do use that plugin, but it really is annoying. I like how the collapsible menu is currently. It was a great feature when it was added and still is today. I am just not keen on adding drop downs/ flyouts in the WordPress admin UI. It is a little inconvenient and touchy to use. I mentioned this on twitter a couple weeks ago when I was playing around in the beta. This feature is definitely a step back, and not a step forward. Maybe if there is a demand for this… why not add it as an option for users, like the blue and default colors? *shrugs* » Posted By Nile On October 12, 2011 @ 12:16 PM I have used Askimet since its inception, and frankly it is not holding up to par. I have had some of my pro blogger colleagues convince me on the Growmap GASP plugin that Andy Bailey helped put together (same creator of CommentLuv) and they have had next to nil on spam. Do not get me wrong, Askimet can be a lifesaver at times (as it has blocked over 200,000 spam on my own old site), but I think if Askimet is going to set a price… set it- do not let it be up to the user and perhaps have a moderation queue for people applying for the free account. It might be work, but it would certainly allow them to inform people whether they need to pay or not. As some of the people above have mentioned, it is important that Askimet draw out the guidelines on what constitutes as free. » Posted By Nile On March 24, 2011 @ 4:37 PM I would probably suggest Bill talk to Webmasterish (Webmasterish.com). He and I put together Blogrity.com with the same idea in mind, except expanded it to be a simple social bookmark site for bloggers. (It is about to go through a revamp as we put the original site together to at least make sure things were working first.) Webmasterish even developed a plugin specifically for the social bookmarking to prevent duplicate entries. Currently working on a module to be able to bring back to the webmasters website to allow people to vote on or even submit. I believe WPVote.com is so far a success, statwise. PR 3, Alexa 370K. The stagnant months did not help, but now that it is up and running, I am pretty sure it will improve. » Posted By Nile On February 1, 2010 @ 4:41 PM What Is The Weakest Link Of WordPress? Yes, there are definitely a lot of things in the codex that need some updating. I agree with Andrea that better documentation is needed on the fact anyone can edit the codex and join the developer list. It is not hard to edit a wiki. I find this as a problem for any place that allows people to edit, even in the wiki communities. I watch the WMF list (Wikimedia Foundation) and there are always threads about getting ideas to get people motivated to participate, but those die faster than flies. There are only so many people willing to regularly update (I know this as a staffer at the wiki FanHistory.com .) » Posted By Nile On December 2, 2009 @ 6:30 PM @Paul – AMEN! What you said. I imagine this partly a response to Matt Mullenweg’s Oct 7th, 2009 Q&A on WordPress and Open Source Before WordPress, it was b2, and it was also offered on Fantastico Deluxe. Lots of features have come into play along with the knowledge to do something with WordPress other than use it as a blog platform. I am against excluding people, especially when the product is open source. The problem is people who want to learn versus people who do not. Let them use it their own way as it is not anyone’s else job to tell others what to do or not to do.If you met Matt, he is pretty happy about where WordPress is and there are more things to come, especially by what I remember him talking about at WordCamp Chicago. In fact there was talk about combining WordPress and WordPress mu. I even asked about them during the ending session where he opened the floor to questions, from a webhost’s perspective about the chance that even other products like bbpress and others might become one-click installs. Of course, there will be some degeneration and possibly sites reminiscent of the Geocities days, but hey… people are interested in at least trying something new. » Posted By Nile On October 29, 2009 @ 6:42 PM Keeping An Eye Out For Post Ideas The best motivation for topics should come from what people are searching for on your site. This will allow those that may have flutter through and have not find something the first time to make a return. Usually dealing dealing with your focus, yes Twitter can be a great source to go through the trending topics: WordPress, #wordpress and #wp. Sometimes bouncing ideas from other bloggers whom may not have covered a topic to your satisfaction also works. You can give them a link back while mentioning how you came to think of such a topic. This is a win-win situation as you may get traffic back from them. » Posted By Nile On July 23, 2009 @ 12:50 AM My Thoughts On The Virtual WordCamp No thanks on the virtual WordCamp. The real thing was AWESOME. I went to WordCamp Chicago 2009 in June and really, the original point of WordCamp was to make it affordable. You should talk to people like Lisa Sabin-Wilson (author of WordPress for Dummies.) A lot of money, about 15 grand goes into sponsoring the event. We were lucky Brian Gardner of StudioPress, Sky, a few others, and even the publisher for WordPress for Dummies sponsored. Perhaps if there was an online WordCamp, there should be sponsorships to decrease the cost. » Posted By Nile On July 4, 2009 @ 1:26 AMComments Posted By Nile
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